we also have records related to appomattox. so in this case, this is the articles agreement done at appomattox on april 10th. so the left hand signatures are the union officers that were handling and then on the right hand side where the confederate officers that were. handley so this the logistics of how these surrender itself would take place at appomattox. then the next three, i just happen really like so that's what i thought honor. so this one is, it's a recurring poster. most people see recruiting posters from world war one or world war two. there's a reuiting poster, the cil war men wanted for the navy, all able bodied men not in employment of the army, will enrolled at when we pull this up on their trying to read th on some of the smaller typologies all able body men not in the emplment of the army will enlisted in the navy upon application at naval rendezvous onraven street, next door to the printing office. hk davenport what makes this funny ishat this is a union navy officer recruitg for the union navy in north carol

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cerro gordo, chapultepec. 36 stars, and below them the union blue, fort sumter, appomattox. under a flag of 36 stars, the west won and the nation extended from coast to coast. 46 stars. the spanish american war, san juan. 48 stars, the flag, the doughboys took over their chateau. carrie belo would salmiya. again under 48 stars. the battle dress of world war two, pearl harbor, manila, tunisia to the rhine, and later korea. today, under 50 stars. the american soldier carries forward his proud heritage of devotion. a heritage which through the years has ensured the security of the union, which those 50 stars symbolize. for every one of our 50 stars, there is a colorful flag, each with a tradition, a meaning of its own. to a diversity and a harmony which is in itself symbolic of the broad union. they represent. all good. i ask in review. right to. pass and review a typically terse military command. whose meaning is this? let the soldiers pass by so that it may be seen what their is or are. if the military review reveals what men are. it also recalls from whence they have sprung

that's good seeing you here today at the american civil war museum in appomattox for today's program, i i'm pleased to introduce our guest, author dr. ken rutherford. ken rutherford, ph.d., is professor in the department of political science at james madison university. he co-founded the landmine survivors network and escorted princess diana on her last humanitarian mission to visit landmines. survivors in bosnia and herzegovina. brother rutherford was prominent also as a leader in the international campaign to ban landmines, which won the 1997 nobel peace prize. he has served as director of the center for internet national stabilization and recovery at gmu. he's been a peace corps volunteer in mauritania, unhcr emergency refugee coordinator and somalia humanitarian and emergency relief officer in northern kenya and somalia. and as a fulbright scholar in jordan, he holds a ph.d. in government from georgetown university, a b.a. and mba from the university of colorado, where he lettered in football and was inducted into their hall for distinguished alumni. dr. rutherford has also served

turned in desperation to grant, who took command and chased lee all the way to the courthouse at appomattoxd his surrender. >> he is arguably the greatest battlefield general in american military history. no other u.s. army general did what he did, which was to demonstrate true brilliance on the battlefield at every level of warfare. >> reporter: a portrait quite at odds with many of the historical depictions of grant. >> he was dismissed as incompetent or corrupt or an alcoholic that couldn't manage his demons and his alcohol. lincoln when told that grant drank famously responded, find out what he drinks, give it to the other generals. at least he fights. >> reporter: the wheel of history has turned and grant now stands on the pedestal with only two other americans, while statues of robert e. lee are coming down. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," when making a a family affair.for president i- >>> also, before tonight's takeoff, santa hit the skis on water. >>> and later, meet the special agents sniffing for contraband in atlanta. ♪ ♪ to sho

until 1964 that the federal civil rights rights law was signed 100 years, 99 years after the after appomattox. and, you know, many of us were living at that time. and it just really sort of astonishing when you think about the chronology and really how long it took and the very complex political obstacles that had to be surmounted in order for and all the sacrifices that were made in order for that to happen. and then, of course, we get the voting rights act in 1965 and then, of course, we have you know, we have the assassination martin luther king and who were leaders and, you know, in the civil rights. so in my view, are dealing with in many ways with the legacy. all of this, i think and have been. and i think when we the last thing i'll say, i guess, is worried about monuments and their removal i personally, i'm not in favor of destroying monuments. i think it's appropriate to move some certainly off public land if they in any way glorify the confederacy. but i think that there are places, pieces like that to be displayed to have educational context around them. explain to visitors why tha

every once in ocscs meet a certn time in a certain place it wasn't appomattox. sono it was in selma, alabama fr this is not a negro problem not a white problem not a northern problem not a southern problem. it's not a moral problem is and it simply wrong to deny your fellow americans the right toea vote. at this a beautiful doctor was a real hero, the only time he bothered dick that whole time that day he knew what pressure he was under. he called him up that he liked to talk i knew what that meant in those days the speechwriters were in the west wing there were not in the executive office there were thousands ofis than there just a few of them. what happened was when johnson was teaching at southwest state teachers college he took a year off i went out in a small mexican american community, could too low. he saw the pain and prejudice he often said i want kids faces and want to dold our thing is good r them. i did everything he could ease his money for soccer and baseball and things he could make a play. but that was written into the speech was when i was there

if you go to the appomattox courthouse for the surrender. grant, his oldest son, joshua chamberlain and others. lincoln gave the orders, tell grant to take his sword and firearm and just go home. lincoln, lee rather. told lee to take his horse, sidearm, just go home. grant, lincoln did not want to see lee dragged through the streets and chains. go home. lee became president of a college. lee then told his fellow southerners, surrender. it is over. most senior confederates were pardoned. turner, the commandant, would have been tried if they had caught him. as commandant of andersonville here was tried and hanged. -- the warden was put in libby, they pardon him and let him go. they pardoned the guards and let them go. lincoln wanted to not just win the war but win peace. reconstruction, one country, you know? lincoln even said both sides drew the sword, we were both guilty. let us work together. again some of the former prisoners, they spent years later trying to find the whereabouts of thomas turner. i think some of them would've killed him i

if you go to the appomattox courthouse for the surrender., his oldest son, joshua chamberlain and others. lincoln gave the orders, tell grant to take his sword and firearm and just go home. lincoln, lee rather. told lee to take his horse, sidearm, just go home. grant, lincoln did not want to see lee dragged through the streets and chains. go home. lee became president of a college. lee then told his fellow southerners, surrender. it is over. most senior confederates were pardoned. turner, the commandant, would have been tried if they had caught him. as commandant of andersonville here was tried and hanged. -- the warden was put in libby, they pardon him and let him go. they pardoned the guards and let them go. lincoln wanted to not just win the war but win peace. reconstruction, one country, you know? lincoln even said both sides drew the sword, we were both guilty. let us work together. again some of the former prisoners, they spent years later trying to find the whereabouts of thomas turner. i think some of them would've killed him if they

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you know, if you go to appomattox court house, the surrender grant, lincoln's son robert is only his oldest son, rather, and joshua chamberlain and others. lincoln gave them orders. tell grant to take his sword and firearm and just go home. lincoln grant did tell lee rather. i'm sorry. lee tell lee to take his horse sidearm. you know, just go home. grant lincoln did not want to see lee dragged through the streets in chains at go home and became president of a college. and lee then told his fellow southerners surrender, it's over. and most senior confederates pardoned. turner, the commandant would have been tried, i think, if they caught him as the commandant of here. wirtz was tried, hanged after the war. he would have been, but he escaped. -- turner, the deputy warden, was put in libby. but afterwards, they pardoned him and let him go. they pardoned the guards and let them go. you know, lincoln, to not just win the war, but try to win the peace, reconstruction, one country, you know lincoln even sang both sides drew the sword. we were both guilty let us work together. so yeah. and a

mead is going to lead that army and start on their road to redemption and take them all the to appomattox. so what is fredericksburg remembered for its stonewall and the irish brigade. but what does fredericksburg do to the war. well it changes it doesn't change the war per se, but it changes the people who will change the war. and because of that, it becomes a truly monumental battle in and of. thank you. can ask for any questions we have from the audience. wait until. he brings the microphone down to. frank from frank, from what you're saying. and i suppose that it's all frank from what you're saying it seems that the confederates never had a a strong idea of counterattacking of marye's heights. so that all the union. advances or all the union counterattacks were really unnecessary because they confederates were never going to come down after them. am i right? it's an interesting insight that the confederates never did seriously contemplate a counterattack against that vulnerable spot in front of marye's heights i. it is interesting to note that the federals are keenly aware of their ow

so it was in lexington and concord, so it was in appomattox. so it was in selma, alabama. this is not a -- problem, not a white problem, not a northern problem, not a southern problem. it's not a moral problem. even because it is simply wrong to deny your fellow americans the right to vote. i mean, it's so beautiful and it talks the real hero where were the --, as they were called then. but the only time he bothered -- whole time that day, he knew what he was under. he called him up and said he'd like to talk about cotulla and didn't know exactly what that meant because those days the speechwriters were in the west wing, they weren't in executive office, weren't thousands of the men were just a few of them. and what had happened is when johnson teaching at southwest state teachers college, he took a year off and he went and taught in a small mexican-american community, cotulla. and he saw the pain of prejudice. he often said on those kids and wanted to do everything he could for them. and he did everything he could. he used his money for soccer and baseball and all sorts o